“Real Madrid coach Rafa Benitez has all our support and trust”, Perez said in a news conference.
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The reported reason for Perez’s ire with Ancelotti was a 4-0 thrashing at the hands of city rivals Atletico Madrid in February that he couldn’t let go.
One AS reporter asked “You spoke with Benitez Saturday what did you say?”
Benitez said his idea was for his players to try to pressure Barca and keep the ball.
Both defenders have been left out of the Madrid squad that travelled to the Ukraine as Rafa Benitez’s side look to secure top spot in Champions League Group A and bounce back from a run of two consecutive defeats.
Barcelona players celebrate after Andres Iniesta, center, scored their third goal during the first clasico of the season between Real Madrid and Barcelona at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, November 21, 2015. Yet, Perez stated “nobody is going to suggest anything to him”.
As for Madrid’s reportedly disgruntled star forward, Ancelotti added: “I spoke with Ronaldo last week, he never said he had a bad relationship with the coach”.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Rafael Benitez will not be at Real Madrid next season, says Sky Sports’ Spanish football expert Guillem Balague.
“In this moment, I see so many people speaking especially about the clubs in trouble”, Mourinho said.
The former Liverpool and Chelsea manager succeeded Carlo Ancelotti last summer and was unbeaten in his first 14 matches after signing a three-year contract at Real. “I am stubborn and when the objective is not fulfilled it is necessary to do it”.
“I’m still lacking a lot, and anyway a coach is never ready”. “But we choose Rafa having the confidence that he could sort it out and lead us again, and now he has only been here a little, and you can’t fix all the things in that short amount of time”. I don’t rush anything. “My present is Castilla”.
“Rafa has all our support and all our confidence and has all the ability and has only just started his job here”.
Seedorf played for Real Madrid more than 150 times between 1996 and 1999. These stories are here only to destabilise us, and it’s so easy to call me and check those things.
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‘This game will go down in history, it will be remembered by all Barcelona fans. But I don’t have words at this point.
